Based in Washington, D.C., the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP is a national leader in public policy, litigation, and business law.  Known for innovative legal solutions and deep, bipartisan roots in the Washington political arena, Patton Boggs forges strategic connections between business and government.

Core practice areas include Public Policy, Litigation, Business Law, Administrative and Regulatory, and Intellectual Property, each encompassing a diverse range of specific areas of concentration.  The strength of the firm’s legal practice is grounded in the exceptional capabilities of more than 600 lawyers and professionals, who concentrate in nearly 40 areas of legal practice.  For many years, Patton Boggs has been widely recognized as the leading public policy law firm in the United States.

Patton Boggs was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1962 as an international law firm.  Historically, much of the firm’s practice focused on international business and public policy matters: Patton Boggs was the first major law firm to recognize the importance of integrating public policy capabilities with a traditional legal practice to provide the most comprehensive representation possible.

Our broad-based approach recognizes the technical intricacies of industries represented before government or regulatory agencies, both national and international, as well as the critical legal and political questions being addressed.  Because the firm comprises breadth and depth in equal measure, complex cases requiring multi-dimensional solutions are approached from many angles but managed economically.

Today, we continue to combine a strong understanding of the workings of government with comprehensive legal counsel and litigation.  We have found this to be an essential combination of professional skills to achieve results, in Washington and around the world.  From Patton Boggs’ main office in Washington, to any of six regional offices—in Northern Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Dallas, Denver, and Anchorage—to international offices in Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, UAE, our lawyers provide comprehensive, practical, and cost-effective legal counsel.

Attorneys

Patton Boggs offers unique professional capabilities and relationships to deal with national and international corporations and government agencies at the highest levels.  Our lawyers have experience in most industries, all three branches of U.S. government, in both major political parties, and in national and international trade associations and political organizations.

We provide immediate access to nationally recognized legal talent, as well as a full spectrum of technical resources through in-house economists, international trade specialists, scientists, and government relations authorities, always available to mount coordinated action on several fronts as members of attorney-consultant teams.  In all areas of practice, we strive to provide timely and practical assistance that reflects a knowledge of domestic and international law and policy—as it exists and as it may change—as well as an appreciation of the context in which our clients operate.

Clients

Our clients come from the Fortune 500, with interests in government contracts, tax law, international trade, energy, antitrust, immigration, environmental regulation, financial institutions, securities law and regulation, real estate transactions and financing, intellectual property, trademark protection, and copyright law.  From the public sector, representative clients include state and local governments, foreign and domestic trade associations, foreign governments and quasi-governmental agencies, prominent national and international leaders of government and industry, and domestic and foreign multi-national corporations of every size, publicly held and private. We have handled transactions, given advice, and resolved legal disputes in more than 70 countries.

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